BUSINESS PEOPLE IN BUSINESS.WILSON HEADS TECHNIFEX PROJECT: As newly appointed project manager at Valencia-based Technifex, Kurt Wilson's first assignment is to head up ``Journey to Atlantis,'' a new water attraction currently under construction at Sea World in Orlando, Fla. Wilson's previous experience includes technical specialist for several theme parks, including technical director for Harmony Land Theme Park in Oita, Japan, and technical assistant at Lotte World Adventure in Seoul, South Korea. Technifex clients include theme parks, world exhibitions, retail establishments, nightclubs, casinos and trade shows. The company recently completed projects at Caesars Magical Empire in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. and Busch Gardens Busch Gardens is the name of two amusement parks in the United States owned and operated by Busch Entertainment Corporation, a division of Anheuser-Busch. One of the parks is in Williamsburg, Virginia and the other is in Tampa, Florida. in Virginia. CHRISTOPHER TEACHES HARVARD COURSE: Gaylaird Christopher, a principal of the Pasadena-based architectural firm An architectural firm is a company which employs one or more licensed architects and practices the profession of architecture. History Architects (master builders) have existed since early in recorded history. The earliest recorded architects include Imhotep (c. of Perkins & Will, was recently selected by Harvard University Harvard University, mainly at Cambridge, Mass., including Harvard College, the oldest American college. Harvard College Harvard College, originally for men, was founded in 1636 with a grant from the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. to lead a summer professional development course at its Graduate School of Design. Christopher is an active member of the Institute of Architects and has specialized in the improvement of educational facilities. WINTER EARNS DESIGNATION: Larry Winter, a Westlake Village financial planner Financial Planner A qualified investment professional who assists individuals and corporations meet their long-term financial objectives by analyzing the client's status and setting a program to achieve these goals. , recently earned the chartered financial consultant, or ChFC, professional designation from the American College in Bryn Mawr, Pa. The financial program includes fundamentals of financial planning Financial planning Evaluating the investing and financing options available to a firm. Planning includes attempting to make optimal decisions, projecting the consequences of these decisions for the firm in the form of a financial plan, and then comparing future performance against , wealth accumulation and life and health insurance, in addition to other courses in financial and business planning. More than 29,000 individuals have been awarded the ChFC designation since its inception in 1982. ROBERTS NAMED LEASING MANAGER: Joyce Roberts was recently named specialty leasing manager for The Promenade, the 600,000-square-foot shopping center in Woodland Hills. Specialty leasing has served an important function for malls, who have expanding their merchandising selections through the use of kiosks and carts. DART GETS POST AT LOS ROBLES Robles is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning oaks, and may refer to:
Los Robles Bancorp, with assets exceeding $103 million, is a bank holding company with subsidiaries in Thousand Oaks, Westlake Village and Camarillo. TRAMMELL LEADS HYATT SALES EFFORT: Patricia Trammell was recently appointed director of sales for the Hyatt Valencia, a six-story, 250-room hotel which will open in the spring of 1998. A 16-year hotel sales veteran, Trammell most recently served as Hyatt Regency Greenville's director of sales for five years. TADIC-GALEB JOINS OPTICS 1: Bilijana Tadic-Galeb was recently appointed senior optical engineer at Optics 1 Inc. of Westlake Village. With 18 years' experience in optical design, Tadic-Galeb has worked on various of projects that include optical systems for tanks, night-vision goggles goggles, n the protective eyewear worn by dental personnel and patients during dental procedures. goggles see periocular leukotrichia. and self-guided missiles. WILLIAMS NAMED ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. DIRECTOR: Sharon Willians has been named director of broadcast services and artist relations at ABC Television Network. Williams will oversee television and radio publicity that includes talent-to-affiliate travel; on-set affiliate news coverage; electronic press kit production; and television and radio satellites. Williams joined ABC from UPN UPN User Principal Name (Microsoft Windows 2000) UPN United Paramount Network UPN Unión del Pueblo Navarro (Navarrese People Union) UPN Umgekehrte Polnische Notation , where she served as director of media and talent relations, where she worked as part of the team that launched the new network in January 1995. MEDINA NAMED DISNEY DIRECTOR: Diana Medina was named director of diversity programs for the Walt Disney Co. In this new position, Medina will continue efforts to reach out to minority communities and increase company diversity. Medina initially will concentrate her efforts on overseeing Disney's commitment to Latino employment, employee relations, training and development and outreach. She formerly served as director of diversity programs and community relations for KABC-TV in Los Angeles. CAPTION(S): 6 Photos Photo: (1) WILSON (2) CHRISTOPHER (3) WILLIAMS (4) TRAMMELL (5) TADIC-GALES (6) MEDINA |
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